» Works with the university community

– Turns scholarly communications into Internet accessible resources and services

– Preserves and provides access to truly unique materials

» http://scholar.lib.vt.edu » http://spec.lib.vt.edu

» 4+ librarians– Jan Carlton, reference librarian– Tamara Kennelly, university archivist– Gail McMillan, director– Gerri Schaad, manuscripts curator + Caryl Gray, Lane Rasmussen (part time)

» 3 staff members– Programmer: Tony Atkins– Library Assistants: Joyce Nester, Eric Ackermann

(educational leave 8/1999-1/2001)

» Lots of assistance: students, volunteersblue will move to the ACITC

Special Collections» Collects,

preserves, provides access– Rare Books– Manuscript

Collections– University

Archives

» Processing Room; 174 sq.ft., >1000 ln.ft. shelving

Scholarly Communications

» EJournal – mark-up

» News– mark-up– management

» ImageBase– scanning– metadata

» ACICT 2030, 2310– 380 sq.ft.; 172 sq.ft.

Electronic Journals http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournalsfor

faculty at Virginia Tech and elsewhere including MIT Press

18 active titles

Virginia News http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/NewsOnline

Spectrum, WDBJ7, LeMonde

VT ImageBase http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/imagebase

> 14,000 digital images available to the university: art history course slides; unique regional photographs

– Requests by Special Collections’ users– Virginia Tech Arts Inventory

DLA directorfrom Newman 2032to ACITC 2320A

» Gail McMillan• Liaison to

university• Administrator

» Scholarly Communications

• ETDs• EReserve

» Special Collections

• IAWA

Electronic Theses/Dissertationshttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses

» 2470 VT ETDs; – required Jan. 1, 1997– Assisting (80) universities worldwide to

establish similar ETD procedures

Electronic Reserve http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ereserve

» Online class materials– Access to course materials 24 / 7– Available since spring semester 1995

Special Collections

» International Archive of Women in Architecture– 180 collections– Board; newsletter

» American Civil War– Most active donors– Most used materials

» Digital Images– Regional history

Special Collections/DLA Librarians

» Tamara Kennelly, university archivist

» Jan Carlton, reference librarian

» Gerri Schaad, manuscripts curator

+ Caryl Gray, reference librarian (1/5 time DLA)

» Carlton and Kennelly– ACITC 2350

» Schaad and Gray– ACITC 2330

Manuscript Collections http:/spec.lib.vt.edu/mss/msshp.htm

» Personal papers of individuals and families and records of businesses and organizations

– 1300 collections in 5000 linear feet; 50,000 historical photographs

University Archives http://spec.lib.vt.edu/arc/archive.htm

» Identifies, acquires, preserves, makes available materials of lasting historical value documenting the history and development of the university

– 2,000 cu. ft. in 35 categories

Rare Books http://spec.lib.vt.edu/rare/rarehp.htm

» Strengths: English literature (1880-1940, e.g., Sherwood Anderson, speculative fiction); heraldry; 18th,19th century technology, American Civil War, Appalachian history, culture

– 60,000 rare books

From no offices, to shared offices

DLA and the Future

» Everything it does now, plus more– For example

• Convert news broadcasts into digital video for Web

• Online forum authors, readers, editors: critique, refine, develop ideas

• Collaborate, on campus and off

• Digital library: training materials